PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Sample Output H3
Ipsum sanctus sadipscing sit ut feugiat magna no est velit. Autem facilisis et sea et tempor diam magna tempor stet diam justo duis dolor amet et. Duo dolor diam. Ipsum tincidunt sea labore facilisi est dolores consetetur aliquip dolor sadipscing assum dolore. Sed consetetur tincidunt dolor ea accusam lorem et imperdiet clita ipsum kasd amet vero sit ipsum. Molestie diam sanctus ipsum sit vel eos consetetur justo te vulputate at kasd veniam amet stet accusam. Et invidunt et lorem wisi eos wisi diam amet ad et hendrerit duis enim nisl kasd no. Hendrerit labore diam aliquyam justo eros sit erat esse sea velit gubergren tempor et at magna. Nulla no magna accusam dolor. Eos eirmod elitr justo et dolor et at duo odio.
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Sample Output H4
Ipsum invidunt sit labore ipsum praesent diam veniam. Tempor at molestie accusam ipsum diam no consetetur amet magna kasd dolore rebum dolore dolor. Dolor vero accumsan ea tempor vero consetetur lorem. Sit nonumy sed laoreet accusam consectetuer nonumy velit adipiscing vulputate tincidunt justo. In diam ut adipiscing no commodo kasd sit sed sea euismod ut commodo eu vulputate. Eirmod option minim dolore justo ipsum in. Accusam feugiat tempor consetetur invidunt augue accusam eum sit suscipit ad. Ut dolore dolor nulla.
Gubergren zzril sit diam magna sed ut molestie eum voluptua clita elitr amet diam justo. Erat magna quis duo et doming. Ut eos sit ea cum vero dolor praesent sit molestie amet sadipscing vulputate. Nobis est feugiat iriure eos dolores eum vel cum. Et consectetuer magna nulla et nonumy voluptua accusam et ipsum. Wisi nonummy et et delenit kasd iriure gubergren nonumy.
Sample Output H4
At ipsum sit. Dolor quod dolores at velit consequat eirmod tempor gubergren et elitr elitr amet diam diam erat. Kasd sit tempor sit at voluptua praesent sanctus justo et. Facilisis eros lorem illum illum dolore vel sit tempor lorem nulla erat sanctus. Rebum amet facilisi. In dolor amet et vulputate duo sit at rebum diam duo ut esse sit et.
Illum dolores sed aliquyam kasd. Doming quis vulputate blandit duo no justo quis erat kasd iusto minim at justo clita nonumy. Blandit voluptua eros sanctus lorem justo dolores. Wisi nonumy dolore aliquyam sed et et illum voluptua amet at augue consequat. Amet ullamcorper sed et vero amet ut takimata ipsum erat nulla rebum eos at duo dolore duis elitr et.
Sample Output H3
Nonumy takimata et ipsum consetetur luptatum labore duis et. Gubergren justo sit est dolor clita sed consetetur dolores lorem sea esse ipsum blandit. Diam autem rebum consetetur et et nonumy et illum. Ut ut ipsum rebum duo esse lobortis labore facilisi accusam elitr vero ipsum et dolor et ipsum sanctus ut. Ipsum est duis dignissim velit duo accusam vulputate feugiat nonumy et. Lorem sadipscing praesent amet tation autem dolores nonumy duo commodo aliquyam dolor facer et ad minim. Lorem justo et molestie duo sea ipsum justo magna sed ex magna. Ipsum ut illum vero et gubergren autem sea hendrerit elit takimata sit amet stet nulla duo ea et eos. Et nostrud lorem diam luptatum invidunt vel et diam consetetur consequat.
Amet congue sed. Ad amet lorem dolore luptatum dolore accusam feugait. Eos accusam lorem lobortis commodo elit diam vulputate dolor no lorem et no labore dolore augue magna stet clita. Nulla quis et aliquyam ut volutpat et et in blandit et. Vero enim dolor rebum commodo placerat sed diam diam labore congue diam erat magna.
Sample Output H4
Dolor diam amet ad sea. Et erat lorem at lorem ut ea dolore labore dolor sadipscing duis eirmod quis accusam. Ea takimata dignissim et option sadipscing ea. Sit sea gubergren option et diam labore dolor elitr. Elitr justo et iusto facilisi sadipscing voluptua ut amet et dolor magna elitr. Sit aliquam nonumy. Sit justo aliquam et aliquyam ea at no voluptua sit praesent. Duo laoreet hendrerit consequat duo ipsum.
Nobis diam feugiat lorem gubergren duo volutpat et et clita nisl. Et consetetur hendrerit lorem consectetuer feugait eirmod invidunt augue gubergren et te volutpat est clita. Sanctus no congue tempor erat duis takimata dolor tempor sea eos amet sed lorem sadipscing. Magna dolores delenit vero invidunt sit vel accumsan rebum dolor stet ea dolore et magna eirmod sanctus ea. Takimata illum diam in eirmod tempor lorem justo clita dolore.
Sample Output H4
No vero dolor elit sit placerat esse et suscipit stet. Clita sanctus ipsum nisl vero. Nibh et eirmod dolore diam diam. Ipsum diam consetetur odio kasd et lorem eirmod stet. Est amet et quis. Et justo amet sed sadipscing hendrerit autem. Hendrerit nulla aliquyam ipsum ut tempor eos diam tempor liber ut ut vero magna dolores molestie eos.
Sed eos sadipscing sit et et kasd dolor invidunt. Stet sadipscing gubergren. Sadipscing lorem sed dolore erat blandit ut ea facilisi consequat nonumy tincidunt et hendrerit invidunt dolor suscipit et. Sea hendrerit euismod imperdiet ut feugiat clita at dolores tempor sed vero stet voluptua odio no voluptua. Et eum no duis diam eu et takimata feugait dolor ipsum et ut sit vulputate elitr dolor illum amet. Tation liber duo id ut diam aliquip duis tation ipsum magna stet in diam.
More Sample Output H2
Elitr voluptua zzril clita lorem sit eos aliquyam accusam erat dolor sed et lorem vero diam aliquyam. Ipsum ea et dolore aliquyam lorem amet delenit eum erat amet vero vero takimata vero iriure amet dolor. Eirmod vero clita consectetuer clita. Sit at iusto sed iusto diam sea et. Nulla sea tempor diam amet minim nonummy facer. Nostrud amet dolor autem consetetur lorem lobortis aliquam congue ut elitr voluptua at sit. Gubergren erat et exerci lorem vero nonumy lorem te stet duo amet. Eos et ut euismod ut sed. Dolores et dolore aliquyam labore. Labore te labore accusam ea molestie takimata elitr.
Sanctus et invidunt sed takimata sed suscipit dolore iriure est. Ea amet nonumy invidunt mazim. Dolore eum lorem. Elit elitr duis diam quis lorem lorem dolore et in amet at commodo sanctus suscipit et dolor. Voluptua accusam quod soluta aliquyam accusam ipsum amet iriure lorem gubergren vulputate. Iriure stet nulla amet diam accusam ea dolor nam invidunt. Vero amet duo no sed gubergren aliquyam diam consetetur ipsum vel et. Diam stet diam iusto dolor nulla lorem vel ea labore.
Sample Output H3
Vero dolores nonumy amet nobis sit aliquyam justo diam diam tempor et sadipscing imperdiet. At et sadipscing. Kasd stet stet dolores rebum sadipscing nihil gubergren dolor invidunt. Erat diam stet sit nostrud elitr. Magna te et ea rebum at eirmod nulla accumsan. Sanctus et et blandit et nisl. Commodo amet justo magna dignissim est kasd at dolore.
Nonummy nulla dolor eirmod elitr eos amet dolore amet augue volutpat. Et odio justo illum lobortis elitr nulla sit voluptua eirmod lorem ut. Iriure hendrerit facilisis nam duo at dolore et at lorem et magna justo consectetuer sit et eos. Magna aliquyam eirmod diam sadipscing et lorem takimata ipsum accusam lorem dolor nonumy. Lorem eos blandit labore sea kasd erat hendrerit invidunt diam consectetuer accusam. Ipsum consectetuer gubergren dolor invidunt tempor. Eos ipsum sed. Sit sed dolore clita voluptua kasd amet sea kasd at aliquip amet stet dolores. Sed kasd te amet.
Sample Output H4
Iusto stet amet sanctus eirmod vero ut enim elitr eirmod stet feugiat. Eirmod no sea ut rebum at vulputate no kasd gubergren accusam est dolor voluptua sed. Invidunt elit facilisi laoreet aliquyam iriure ea ut est. Dolor consequat eum ex et esse eos diam erat nostrud ipsum voluptua erat dignissim et rebum dolore. Aliquyam ut sed luptatum takimata. Nonumy dolor takimata sanctus et. Commodo et rebum elitr facilisi invidunt nostrud at stet dolore dolor labore.
Et kasd labore invidunt mazim et aliquyam clita sanctus possim sit consectetuer. Voluptua lorem diam vel voluptua sit amet ea aliquyam feugiat. Stet et justo invidunt nonumy erat sadipscing sed justo in augue consetetur lorem et et lobortis sit. Dolores et amet sanctus sanctus dolor voluptua lorem clita et. Dolore ea amet dolor.
Sample Output H4
Dolor wisi euismod. Quod eum sanctus. Dolor erat accusam sed. Sadipscing elitr lorem vel rebum vero kasd takimata justo praesent consetetur aliquip clita diam lorem. Takimata wisi magna eum aliquyam tempor eirmod est augue placerat clita diam. Gubergren in est clita sea eos sit et ut consequat ut labore dolores consetetur ipsum justo dolore consectetuer. Dolor vel augue vel vero volutpat. Takimata ipsum consetetur ut odio clita accusam dolore tincidunt diam hendrerit tempor est ipsum sea eos amet duo tempor. Sanctus elitr sed est sea gubergren sanctus tempor autem eum elitr amet. Vero amet sadipscing diam odio. Eros clita ut dolor.
Gubergren nonummy erat. Et diam facilisis dolor sea est rebum stet et takimata duis aliquam et ipsum sit et nonumy. Magna vero zzril dolores et vero nobis ipsum consetetur voluptua ipsum at. Aliquip lorem consetetur diam justo dolore ipsum molestie et dolores rebum volutpat erat et sed. Et esse dolore sed imperdiet consequat magna clita ut clita ullamcorper enim in doming facilisi diam kasd. Aliquyam accusam diam sadipscing sed tempor qui feugait kasd nonumy clita.
Sample Output H3
Diam gubergren invidunt clita molestie eu sit dolor lorem vel amet facer sea et eirmod. Hendrerit at invidunt. Labore tempor lorem eirmod et dolore molestie et ipsum consequat sit elitr et quis zzril est. Labore ut kasd feugiat invidunt elitr diam et dolore et. Magna zzril eirmod amet labore labore dolor ipsum ullamcorper dolore dolor kasd kasd stet. Invidunt no takimata et zzril. Wisi accusam exerci elitr at nisl velit iriure voluptua lorem tempor in nonumy et eirmod et diam. Diam minim nostrud ad sadipscing rebum suscipit. Tempor labore diam dolores consequat sit eos duo magna rebum facilisis. Sed congue elit sea sed et aliquip assum sadipscing nonumy delenit.
Volutpat et lorem ex ipsum sed. Dolor facilisis dolores aliquip est gubergren ea justo dolor accusam amet no ex ut ex velit magna lobortis. Gubergren stet accusam accusam lorem est invidunt ipsum ea esse ea consectetuer consetetur sit volutpat ut minim. Aliquyam tempor magna duo feugiat clita et consetetur est justo amet duo. Et sit ea dolor magna ipsum sadipscing sit aliquyam et kasd amet ipsum et lorem amet nulla. Est ut et. Dolor vel sea amet. Et est amet velit dolor ipsum. Rebum ipsum clita et possim ipsum sanctus nonummy et labore suscipit dolor erat diam. Consetetur dolor invidunt facilisis. Invidunt justo at lorem at ea ipsum consetetur ea aliquyam commodo rebum dolor sit justo option.
Sample Output H4
Clita dolor dolor nulla et labore voluptua diam tempor wisi ipsum diam ipsum amet. Zzril dolore consetetur voluptua rebum lorem vulputate esse stet lorem lorem ex gubergren amet et. Accusam nisl eirmod vero amet et sed amet at labore lorem. Et erat eirmod doming soluta facilisis tempor mazim. Iusto sadipscing assum aliquam augue labore. Dolores ea dolores sea lorem dolor diam possim ea voluptua sea amet erat. Dolores voluptua sit clita. Sit kasd facilisis dolor.
Feugait nulla duis ipsum et clita magna consequat no et voluptua et rebum suscipit ut sit. Magna facilisis molestie et sit magna diam praesent. Te suscipit erat est suscipit dignissim dolor aliquyam stet justo. Et dolor nonumy diam no accusam gubergren sed dolor aliquip accusam et eu sit sit in clita. Dolor diam diam minim. Feugait sea tempor ut consetetur diam et. Erat elit eos sed et consequat te et vero et lorem sed et diam assum ut gubergren. Lorem facilisi sadipscing dolores duis qui iriure sit magna duo sanctus ipsum vel sit. Magna elitr facilisi at lorem clita ipsum praesent lorem. Sanctus nibh dolor sit tempor esse sit enim sit diam elit.
Sample Output H4
Ut eirmod eum nobis ullamcorper sed voluptua voluptua ipsum sed tempor dolore dolor aliquyam kasd est ut. Est assum duis vulputate diam sea tempor id lorem accumsan dolor velit kasd. Te rebum ut odio no gubergren et voluptua augue eum dolore sit vel consequat lobortis lobortis diam no. Augue laoreet voluptua dolor clita eos tempor sit clita dolore dignissim eum delenit dolore nonumy erat labore at exerci. At aliquyam erat at. Justo sadipscing et.
Et duo elitr at. Dolore eos imperdiet kasd justo est stet lorem eirmod elitr. Eos vel diam clita nonumy et eu ad invidunt amet dolore et qui consetetur nonumy ut at. Ut invidunt ex accusam sanctus sanctus dolore voluptua rebum ut ullamcorper sit dolor minim dolore clita nonumy duo consetetur. Dolor sadipscing vel commodo sea dolore volutpat sadipscing voluptua sit labore eu tempor sed. In erat sit assum et congue soluta dolor consectetuer ipsum no nonumy magna ipsum. Ea et aliquyam nobis sed te. Ipsum dolor vero et sanctus et augue duo sadipscing. Amet dolor elitr at eros aliquyam dolor iriure ad placerat lorem. Dolores sadipscing vulputate erat lorem molestie rebum et est. Molestie sed ut at quis erat eum voluptua ut dolore no amet lobortis.